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Record Nr.

UNINA9910872248203321

Autore

McIlwaine Cathy

Titolo

Gendered urban violence among Brazilians : : Painful truths from Rio de Janeiro and London / / Cathy McIlwaine, Yara Evans, Paul Heritage

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2024

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Soggetti

Social Science / Human Geography

Social Science / Violence In Society

Social Science / Gender Studies

Social sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book aims to understand the 'painful truths' of gendered violence in the                    city and how women challenge it through resistance and creative practices.                    Drawing on an extensive body of collaborative research with women in the favelas                    of MarĂ© in Rio de Janeiro and among Brazilian migrants in London, it conceives                    gendered urban violence as multidimensional, multiscalar and deeply embedded                    within structural and intersectional power relations. The book develops a                    'translocational gendered urban violence framework' that foregrounds                    transnational connections across symbolic and literal borders. The framework                    emphasises the need to move beyond individual interpretations of gendered                    violence in cities towards one that acknowledges structural, symbolic and                    infrastructural violence. It also incorporates the need for an embodied approach                    that can be captured through engagement with the arts and arts-based methods as                    well as resistance practices. The book outlines a 'translocational feminist                    tracing methodological framework' that captures transnational dialogue and                    knowledge production, drawing on a feminist epistemological approach



based on                    collaboration, co-design and engagement beyond the academy. In centring the                    painful truths of gendered urban violence as revealed by women, the book                    contributes to a range of debates that include acknowledging such violence as                    direct and indirect ranging from the body to the global, as well as the need to                    recognise urban violence as deeply gendered in intersectional ways. Finally, it                    suggests that creative engagements and arts-based approaches are crucial for                    understanding and resisting gendered urban violence and in generating empathetic                    transformation.